Jeanetta links to this amazing story about a Boston woman who, in 1985, woke up from a coma to find that her husband, a physician, was trying to pull the plug on her: At that meeting, my then-husband, who was a doctor siding with the other doctor who wanted to let me die, held that… Continue reading A hair-raising post from Jeanetta
Author: Peony Moss
A personality quiz, or a football play?
I’m a O65-C4-E27-A50-N66 Big Five!!
What is AP?
…asks Elinor, in our comments box below. The short answer: “AP” stands for “attachment parenting.” Pansy and Gorbulas And the long answer: Attachment parenting is an approach to raising infants and young children that places a strong emphasis on responding to a baby’s needs and fostering a strong, trusting bond between the baby and his… Continue reading What is AP?
News of St Blog’s
Kairos Guy has moved to stblogs.org! Welcome to the neighborhood! Other new points of interest on our ever-expanding blogroll: Amy’s journal Musings on Muses Ora et Labora A Plumbline in the Wind
Faith, Obedience, and a culture that throws its victims to the wolves
Alicia has a great reflection on faith and obedience, and how following the rules helps save us from the natural consequences of dumb decisions. Our culture, of course, hates rules and parenthood and faith and obedience. So now it is reaping the consequences of hating the rules.
Dear Governor Bush: The future is watching
Dear Governor Bush: History is being made in your State at this very moment. When the history books get written, how do you want to be remembered? Do you want to be remembered as the patriotic governor who defended Terri’s rights as an American and as a human being? This morning, I read the news… Continue reading Dear Governor Bush: The future is watching
In Praise of Feeling Bad About Yourself
The buzzard never says it is to blame. The panther wouldn’t know what scruples mean. When the piranha strikes, it feels no shame. If snakes had hands, they’d claim their hands were clean. A jackal doesn’t understand remorse. Lions and lice don’t waver in their course. Why should they, when they know they’re right? Though… Continue reading In Praise of Feeling Bad About Yourself
On reorganizing the kitchen, or, The Misfit Appliance
Let us now consider the plight of the blender, that versatile — but often ignored — appliance. That drainer of current and dimmer of lights; that crusher of ice and that sine qua non of smoothies. The blender longs to serve. It knows that if only it were accessible, if only its owner, its lord… Continue reading On reorganizing the kitchen, or, The Misfit Appliance